Atalanta Ritter

Email:

acritter@iu.edu

I’m a 4th year PhD candidate and a Graduate Research Fellow supported by the National Science Foundation. My research combines field, molecular, and bioinformatic approaches to investigate mechanisms of heat tolerance in wild birds. I'm interested in identifying variation in heat tolerance across individuals, populations, and species, as well as genetic and environmental factors that contribute to this variation.  

I received my B.S. in Biology in 2022 at University of Rochester, where I researched phenotypic plasticity in pea aphid wing morphology with the Brisson Lab.